Dinamo 3 - 3 fantasie (390299848)

25176 spectators had found their way to De Aalsburcht, despite the heavy rain. Eduard de Haas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christian Grubbmo and Amadee Mathier. Dinamo decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Zumpolle - Carretti, Cernedo - de Gooijer, Bolwerk, Lorenz, Salquin, Muchacho - Vallvé, Iamartino, Abrescia.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for fantasie. They fielded: Mazzarotto - Tarasiewicz, Kloos, Andersen, Rohnes - Sarphati, Wigboldus, Otero - Braet, van Vollenhoven, Gretić.

The strategy for fantasie was to use their ability to press. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but A. Cernedo showed great heart and had a good game. fantasie had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 12 minutes in when B. Gretić came up alone against J. Zumpolle who managed a block. After 23 minutes of play, S. Iamartino gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The visitors didn't give in and, after 36 minutes, M. Sarphati got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 39 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from S. Bolwerk, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. P. Vallvé increased the lead for Dinamo to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! After this, you could see that the players of Dinamo were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 44 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, fantasie showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 2 when N. van Vollenhoven got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. It was 3 - 2 at the break. Dinamo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

fantasie's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. fantasie needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 55 minutes G. Otero made way for E. Swiderski. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, O. Rohnes took over the role of being the fantasie captain. J. Rotteveel was called on to replace Dinamo's P. de Gooijer after 65 minutes following a nasty collision. fantasie tied it all up, 81 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by O. Rohnes, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 3 - 3. Dinamo's A. Muchacho tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Dinamo, with 60 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Dinamo player was without a doubt S. Iamartino. On the other hand, J. Zumpolle's play was disheartening. T. Kloos performed admirably for fantasie. E. Swiderski was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 3.